International Research Fellow Awards: Influence of Life History and Metapopulation Structure on Resistance-Virulence Structure

9901444 Davelos国际研究员奖励计划使美国科学家和工程师能够在国外进行三到二十四个月的研究。 该计划的奖项提供了机会，联合研究，并使用独特的或互补的设施，专业知识和实验条件国外。Davelos在澳大利亚堪培拉的CSIRO与Jeremy J. Burdon博士一起工作了24个月。 第二年由美国提供资金支持- Davelos博士将使用自然系统植物病原体系统研究植物病原体相互作用的两个方面。她将与Burdon博士及其团队合作，解决交配系统对植物病原体集合种群中种群结构的影响。 它们的两个目标是1）评估宿主交配系统如何影响对病原体压力的反应和2）评估病原体交配系统如何影响病原体种群结构。 植物病原体可以影响植物群落的多样性和物种分布，通过它们对适合度的影响和种内和种间竞争的结果。Burdon博士是自然系统中植物-病原体相互作用研究的世界领导者。*

9901444DavelosThe International Research Fellow Awards Program enables U.S. scientists and engineers to conduct three to twenty-four months of research abroad. The program's awards provide opportunities for joint research, and the use of unique or complementary facilities, expertise and experimental conditions abroad.This award will provide Dr. Anita L. Davelos with support for twenty-four months to work with Dr. Jeremy J. Burdon at CSIRO in Canberra, Australia. The second year is being supported with funds provided by the U.S.-Australia Program.Dr. Davelos will examine two aspects of plant-pathogen interactions using a natural system plant-pathogen system. She will work with Dr. Burdon and his group to address the effects of mating system on the population structure in plant-pathogen metapopulations. Their two objectives are 1) Assess how host mating system affects the response to pathogen pressure and 2) Assess how pathogen mating system affects pathogen population structure. Plant pathogens can influence plant community diversity and species distributions through their effects on fitness and the outcome of intra- and inter-specific competition.Dr. Burdon is a world leader in the study of plant-pathogen interactions in natural systems.***